Pennsylvania parents outraged after school employee tapes mask to child's face

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Pennsylvania parents outraged after school employee tapes mask to child's face

Tyler O'Neil | 19 Jan 2022

Parents in a Pennsylvania school district have expressed outrage after a photo of a school employee using tape to affix a mask to a child's face went viral online. The school district has confirmed that the photo is genuine.

"Pro-mask or anti-mask, I hope we can all agree that taping masks to children’s faces crosses the LINE," the Facebook group North Penn Stronger Together posted online Monday with the photo. "This was not a joke for the child or the parents."

The North Penn School District confirmed that the picture is genuine.

"An image taken in one of our classrooms last week and circulating on social media does not represent the universal values that the North Penn School District strives to instill in both our students and staff," the school district admitted in a statement Wednesday. "After an immediate investigation, it was determined that while the incident was isolated and no malice was intended, the actions of the teacher were entirely inappropriate and unacceptable, no matter the context."  .  .  .

https://www.foxnews.com/us/pennsylvania-parents-outraged-after-school-employee-tapes-mask-to-childs-face


The correct term here is 'child abuse'.

[Kamaji]

That was an assault and the “teacher” involved should be prosecuted for it.

[mountaineer]

the incident was isolated and no malice was intended, the actions of the teacher were entirely inappropriate and unacceptable, no matter the context

"Malice" has nothing to do with the crime of assault. Criminal charges must be filed.

[Kamaji]

"Malice" has nothing to do with the crime of assault. Criminal charges must be filed.

[rustynail]

This sounds like a job for a $$$Tort Lawyer$$$.

[mountaineer]

This sounds like a job for a $$$Tort Lawyer$$$.

If I were this child's parent and saw the local authorities doing nothing about the teacher, I'd go to the police station and swear out a complaint for assault, endangering the welfare of a child, and whatever other laws were violated. My next stop would be the office of a personal injury lawyer, to get a civil suit filed.

[Kamaji]

Pa criminal assault laws:  https://www.criminaldefenselawyer.com/resources/pennsylvania-assault-and-battery-laws.htm

[GtHawk]

Lawyers are fine and all but this person needs some schoolyard justice, after which they should be told that there was no malice involved, simply a lesson that you you don't put assault someone's child.